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In 2023, police in England and Wales received more than 64,000 reports of bike theft. “Any bike can be stolen if a thief is brazen, has the right tools and enough time,” says Richard Cantle, founder of Stolen Ride (www.stolenride.co.uk). “There’s als

Acclaimed cycling photographer Michael Blann has expanded his range of mountains prints to include the southern-Spanish climbs of Alto de Velefique and Pico del Veleta. www.michaelblann.com The Gralloch, the UCI Gravel World Series race qualifier in

Each of our trio would make a fine commuter bike, although they offer different strengths and weaknesses. The All-City is the best of our three for a long-distance commute on a variety of surfaces. In fact, the combination of fairly wide, grippy tyre

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With the Proton, Wattbike – fabled for their high-performance static bikes – are looking to take a slice of the Peloton and Zwift Ride pie and hit the wider health and home-trainer market. Adjustability, flexibility and easy setup are how they intend

Where is Britain’s lakiest day-ride? A logical circuit, on quiet roads with great scenery, which visits as many bodies of water as possible? The Lake District? Nope. The most blues-plodged area on the domestic map is in the Trossachs’ lush, loch-stre

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Weight 11.75kg (M) inc. rack Frame Columbus triple-butted alloy Fork Columbus alu-carbon Groupset Microshift 10-speed (11-48t, 40t) Brakes Tektro C510 mechanical discs Wheels Shining A250 Tyres Kenda Flintridge 700cx35mm Seatpost Cinelli alloy, 31.6m

“I first started doing charity rides after my mum was diagnosed with dementia in 2018. I didn’t know anything about the condition, so I wanted to raise awareness and learn more myself. I took up cycling in 2019 and – after lockdown delays – I finally

Fidlock’s system combines magnets and a vacuum connection that provide a very secure hold. It’s highly adjustable too – you can rotate the phone through 360˚. The 69.5g base sits 35mm above the stem cap, so while it doesn’t have any angle adjustment,

It took the peloton all year to figure it out, but right at the very end of 2024, they did. Almost. Tadej Pogačar, about whom there is little left to say, except for the fact that there is little left to say about him, won his final race of the year

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● The cloest railway station is Dunblane, from where it’s 10 easy miles on bike paths and quiet roads to Callander. Glasgow is around an hour away by car, Edinburgh 90 minutes or so. ● You could try the Callander Hostel, or various pubs and B&Bs, suc

I’ve become an accidental connoisseur of seafront cycle routes. Traversing the National Cycle Network for my recent book Potholes and Pavements, I determined that keeping the sea on my left would stop me becoming lost, so I’ve lost track of the miles

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Spin it whichever way you wish, but winter is categorically the worst season of the year for cyclists. That, however, doesn’t mean there’s no fun to be had – and increasingly so, with the leaps and bounds in technology. And last winter, it led me dir

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I’ve always been fascinated with maps, mountains and cycling, but I only bought my first racing bike aged 35. The idea for Climbbybike came after my first big rides, when I was doing a course on project management of multimedia applications in Milan.

The 1990s signalled the end of steel as the dominant frame material in pro racing, making way for an era of experimentation. We saw oversized aluminium tubing, titanium bikes from Litespeed and plenty of innovation with carbon fibre – Lemond working